Presents the Cultural Heritage of the Jewish People

In May 1940, Nelly Sachs fled from the war in Germany to Sweden with one of the last passenger aircrafts. In Stockholm, Sweden, she started a new life as translator and author. In her first poetry volume, 'In den Wohnungen des Todes' ('In the Houses of Death'), she gave voice to the worldwide tragedy of the Jewish people. Her poetry and drama are expressed in lyrical laments of painful beauty and in dramatic legends showing a genuine sorrow at man's debasement.